vi‧per /ˈvaɪpə $ -ər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: vipère, from Latin vipera, probably from vivus 'alive' + parere 'to give birth to']
1. a small poisonous snake
2. literary someone who behaves in an unpleasant way and harms other people
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